House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
TRAIN Act
Official title: To create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7209.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7209, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean.
- H.R. 3178 (119th) Save Healthcare Workers Act
- H.R. 6434 (119th) Freedom to Heal Act of 2025
- H.R. 1673 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28 East Airy Street in Norristown, Pennsylvania, as the "Charles…
- H.R. 2420 (119th) Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 10226 (119th) To prohibit the use of shock gloves by Federal law enforcement officers to enforce the immigration laws, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6626 (119th) PFAS Accountability Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2455 (119th) TRAIN ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.